Tamika Williams-Jeter

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Tamika Williams-Jeter
Dayton Flyers
Position Head Coach
League Atlantic 10
Personal information
Born (1980-04-12) April 12, 1980 (age 44)
Dayton, Ohio, US
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school Chaminade-Julienne
(Dayton, Ohio)
College UConn (1998–2002)
WNBA draft 2002: 1st round, 6th overall pick
Selected by the Minnesota Lynx
Playing career2002–2008
Position Forward
Number20
Coaching career2002–present
Career history
As player:
2002–2007 Minnesota Lynx
2008 Connecticut Sun
As coach:
2002–2008 Ohio State (GA/assistant)
2008–2011 Kansas (assistant)
2014–2016 Kentucky (assistant)
2016–2019 Penn State (assistant)
2019-2021 Ohio State (assistant)
2021–2022 Wittenberg
2022–present Dayton
Career highlights and awards

Tamika Williams-Jeter (born Tamika Maria Williams; April 12, 1980) is the head women's basketball coach at the University of Dayton. She was a professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx and the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.

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High school

Born in Dayton, Ohio, Williams-Jeter started playing organized basketball at age 10 in the Dayton Lady Hoopstars AAU program, [1] played on Lady Hoopstar teams which won one national AAU age group championship and finished in top four twice.

Williams-Jeter had a stellar basketball career at Chaminade-Julienne, [2] a Catholic high school in Dayton, Ohio. She was named the 1997 and 1998 Ohio Player of the Year and was named in the 1997-98 Associated Press girls Division I All-Ohio high school basketball team. She was named "Ohio's Miss Basketball" by the Associated Press and chosen by a statewide media panel. [3] Williams-Jeter was also named a WBCA All-American and the WBCA high school player of the year. [4] [5] Williams-Jeter participated in the WBCA High School All-America Game, where she scored eight points. [6]

After graduating from Chaminade-Julienne, Williams-Jeter was heavily recruited by numerous collegiate teams. In 1997, she was the subject of a seven-page feature in a January 1998 issue of a Sports Illustrated magazine article on the pressures of being recruited. [7] Ohio State arranged for a private jet to fly Williams-Jeter from her home in Dayton to Columbus, approximately 70 miles away. She mentioned this to UConn coach Geno Auriemma, who responded by mailing her a little wooden plane, explaining, "Sorry, Tamika. This is the best we can do." [8]

College

Williams-Jeter attended the University of Connecticut, majored in interpersonal communications, and served as President of UConn's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. [9] From 1998 to 2002 she was part of the UConn basketball team, which became NCAA Division I National Championship teams in 2000 and 2002 under coach Geno Auriemma.

She completed her four-year collegiate career in 2002 with averages of 10.6 points per game and 5.8 rebounds per game. She finished as UConn's all-time leader in field goal percentage at 70.3% (560-for-797), which is also an NCAA Division 1 record. [10] She also holds the Huskies' top four single-season marks for field goal percentage, [11] ranked 14th on UConn's all-time scoring list with 1,402 points, [12] and finished 10th all-time in rebounding (763). [13] She was one of four players (along with Asjha Jones, Swin Cash, and Sue Bird) called by Sports Illustrated "best recruiting class of 1998". [14]

In recent years, she has been spending the WNBA off-season working on getting a master's degree in sports management at Ohio State University.

Professional career

During the 2002 WNBA draft, the Minnesota Lynx selected Williams-Jeter in the first round, sixth overall. [15] In 2003, she set a WNBA single-season record for field-goal accuracy, with a percentage of 66.8%. [16]

On March 14, 2008, Williams-Jeter was traded to the Connecticut Sun in exchange for Kristen Rasmussen. [17]

WNBA career statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game FG%  Field-goal percentage 3P%  3-point field-goal percentage FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold Career best°League leader

Regular season

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2002 Minnesota 313133.0.561.273.5837.41.61.40.42.410.1
2003 Minnesota 343433.0.668.000.4846.11.31.00.31.78.9
2004 Minnesota 343328.8.540.250.5636.01.11.10.11.97.5
2005 Minnesota 34922.3.551.000.5435.01.10.90.11.25.8
2006 Minnesota 313021.6.442.111.4445.60.70.50.01.24.7
2007 Minnesota 2127.1.600.000.6361.90.30.10.00.41.5
2008 Connecticut 34111.0.417.000.5852.90.40.30.00.82.5
Career7 years, 2 teams21914023.2.549.161.5435.11.00.80.11.46.1

Playoffs

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2003 Minnesota 3338.7.607.000.6677.31.02.30.31.316.7
2004 Minnesota 2236.0.625.0001.0008.53.00.50.00.512.0
2008 Connecticut 309.3.500.000.0002.30.30.30.30.31.3
Career3 years, 2 teams8527.0.604.000.7145.81.31.10.30.89.8

Coaching career

Williams-Jeter served as an assistant coach at the University of Kansas for their women's basketball team.

Williams-Jeter served as the head coach for the Senior National team of India at the Asian Games held in Guangzhou (China). The games were played in November 2010. [18]

Williams-Jeter joined Matthew Mitchell's Kentucky staff as an assistant coach in August 2014. [19]

Head coach

Wittenberg

In May 2021, Williams-Jeter became head basketball coach at Wittenberg University. [20] In her first year as the head coach of the Tigers, Wittenberg knocked out #10 DePaw out of the NCAC Tournament on February 25, 2022, advancing to the title game. [21]

Dayton

On March 26, 2022, Williams-Jeter was announced as the head coach of the University of Dayton Flyers.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Dayton Flyers women's basketball (Atlantic 10 Conference)
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
2022–23 Dayton 7-215-1012th
2023–24 Dayton 12-195-13T–12th

Awards

UConn statistics

Tamika Williams Statistics [23] at University of Connecticut
Year G FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT REB AVG A TO B S MIN PTS AVG
1998-99331732630.658020.000981510.6492266.82766125073844413.5
1999-00311151610.714000.00051710.7181113.624658405092819.1
2000-01331321740.759010.00060970.6191865.625547456563249.8
2001-02351401990.704000.000731120.6522406.94447165276635310.1
Totals1325607970.703030.0002824310.6547635.8120232431872669140210.6

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